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Source:
The History of Delaware Co., IA
containing A History of the County, its Cities, towns, &c.,
A Biographical Directory of its Citizens, War Record of its
Volunteers
in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics,
Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men,
History of the Northwest, History of Iowa,
Map of Delaware County, Constitution of the
United States, Miscellaneous
Matters, &c
- illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: Western Historical Company
Successors to H. F. Kett & Co.
1878
BIOGRAPHIES
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HARRY G. WARD, Farmer; Sec. 32; P. O.
Manchester; born in Fulton Co., N. Y., Jan. 23, 1856; came
to this county Jan. 23, 1871, where he has resided.
Source: The History of Delaware Co., IA - Illustrated
- Publ. Chicago: Western Historical Company - Successors to
H. F. Kett & Co., 1878 - Page |
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WM. WHEATLEY, Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O.
Manchester; born in England Aug. 12, 1834; came to Illinois
in 1854; enlisted Aug., 1861, in Co. B, 33d Ill. Inf.; was
honorably discharged at Springfield, Ill., in Oct., 1864;
married Miss Jane Hollis Nov. 18, 1866; they have one
daughter, Melinda E., born Sept. 12, 1868.
Mr. W. came to this county in 1875.
Source: The History of Delaware Co., IA - Illustrated
- Publ. Chicago: Western Historical Company - Successors to
H. F. Kett & Co., 1878 - Page 624 |
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E. C. WILSON, Farmer; Sec. 22; P. O.
Manchester; born in England Sept. 13, 1841; moved to Iowa
Co., Wis., in 1848, and to Mower Co., Minn., in 1857, and to
this county in 181; enlisted in the 6th Iowa Cav. in 1862,
and participated in the battles of Whitestone Hill, Fair Oak
Mountain, and many other desperate encounters; was honorably
discharged in Nov., 1865; married Miss Tirzeh M. Seaton
Apr. 6, 1867; has two children - Frank, aged 9, and
Bertie aged 6.
Source: The History of Delaware Co., IA - Illustrated
- Publ. Chicago: Western Historical Company - Successors to
H. F. Kett & Co., 1878 - Page 624 |
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THOS. T. WILSON, Farmer, Sec. 31; P.
O. Manchester; born in England, Mar. 17, 1839; came to
Chicago, Ill., in 1848, and to this county in 1854; enlisted
Jan. 6, 1861, in Co. H, 16th I. V. I.; participated in the
battles of Pittsburg Landing, Raymond, Iuka, Guntown, siege
of Vicksburg, Corinth, Grand Gulf, Fort Gibson, Champion
Hill, Black River Bridge, Chattanooga, Altoona Pass, Peach
Tree Creek and Atlanta; was honorably discharged, Mar. 27,
1865, at Goldsboro, N. C.; married Miss Bridget Haley
in July, 1865; she was born in Thomsonville, Conn., Aug.
1850; they have four children.
Source: The History of Delaware Co., IA - Illustrated
- Publ. Chicago: Western Historical Company - Successors to
H. F. Kett & Co., 1878 - Page 624 |
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JOHN WOOD, Farmer, Sec. 26; P. O.
Delhi; owns 130 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre; born
in Ohio, June 10, 1840; moved to Illinois when about 520
years old; came to this county in 1845; enlisted Aug., 1861,
in 2d Iowa Cavalry; participated in over forty battles, and
was but once wounded, in the hip, at the battle of Prairie
Station; was honorably discharged, Oct., 1864; married
Miss Almeda Hastings, Jan. 25, 1866; she was born in
Geauga Co., Ohio, Oct. 13, 18947; they have one daughter,
born Jan. 25, 1870.
Source: The History of Delaware Co., IA - Illustrated
- Publ. Chicago: Western Historical Company - Successors to
H. F. Kett & Co., 1878 - Page 624 |
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